By John Hinderaker | Powerline.com
The press is spinning Kamala Harris’s candidacy wildly, to the extent of issuing “corrections” of news items from several years ago that touted her appointment as Joe Biden’s border “czar.” Apparently any connection with Biden’s border policies is understood to be toxic. But where does the race actually stand, as it begins to get under way?
Rasmussen issued a Trump v. Harris likely voter poll today that should be as reputable as any:
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that, in a two-way matchup, 50% of Likely U.S. Voters would vote for Trump, while 43% would vote for Harris. Four percent (4%) say they’d vote for some other candidate and three percent (3%) are undecided.
So, a seven-point lead, which tends to confirm past data suggesting that Harris is not an improvement on Biden, at least not before his final collapse.
This poll, like pretty much all the others I have seen, indicates that third and fourth party candidates make no significant difference. And hardly anyone is undecided, which suggests to me that Harris is closely identified with the Biden Administration and very few voters have an open mind about either her or Trump.
